Girls' name · since 1975
Rikka
Rikka has 54 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rikka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Rikka recorded 54 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2007.
- #34,174 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rikka ranks #34,174 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rikka's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rikka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rikka splits its recorded history at 1986: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rikka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2007
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Rikka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Rikka's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Rikka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Rikka's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2000s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rikka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rikka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.